《Grammar： Using can, could and may ＆ Using What and How to express strong feelings》公开课教案下载-芜湖市优质课

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III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty

Learn how to use “can”, “could” and “may”.

IV. Teaching procedures

A Using can, could and may

Step 1 Lead-in

T: Boys and girls, today we are going to learn Grammar of Unit 7. Do you know these sports? Can you tell me their names?

S: Swimming, playing badminton, cycling, horse riding and flying kites.

Step 2 Presentation

1. Use can or could to talk about ability

(1) Describe what you see in the picture.

She could not ride a bike at ten, but now she can ride a bike.

The girl is skating. She could not skate last year, but now she can skate.

We can also say: She wasn’t able to skate last year, but now she is able to skate.

(2) Look at more pictures and use can/could/be able to to describe them.

(3) Work in pairs and make up a dialogue according to the table.

(4) What do we use can/could to talk about?

T: Jacky Chen can act well.

Lu Xun could write wonderful articles.

Michael Jackson could sing and dance well.

Read the sentences above and think about what we use can/could to talk about.

S: We use can/could to talk about ability.

T: Yes. We use can to talk about present ability and use could to talk about the ability in the past.

2. Use can, could or may to ask for permission

T: Read the dialogues below carefully and tell me what we use can/could to talk about.

When talking with classmates or friends

A: Can we do after-school activities together?

B: Yes, of course. When talking with teachers or parents

A: Could I hand in my homework later, Mr Lin?

B: Yes, you can./No, you can’t. S: We use can/could to talk about permission.